Mile Chapter 242: Ascham Viscountess 11

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Calm down everyone, let the NCO explains why his soldiers didn’t rob the girls in front of his face yesterday.

By the way, this Chapter is in the NCO’s POV

Ranting: Gya… So many Refers… don’t make me search for it everything please FUNA sensei. My head hurts.


Mile Chapter 242: Ascham Viscountess 11

 

 

『However, those girls were brave…』(NCO)

 

The officer murmured while marching.

Yesterday, the【Traveling Canteen Saintess Shop】 girls brought water and food to our soldiers just when we were in need.
Certainly, the price was expensive, but considering it’s what those girls brought with their lives, I can’t complain.
They were also saying about supply and demand, too.
Even if it’s the same item, but the price will be different from when buying in our Imperial city, towns, in the village of the remote area… no one can complain.

 

And as the Kingdom’s Army might still chase us, they had brought us hope and life for our soldiers with those water and foods.
It’s exactly as the Saintess in the shop name 【Traveling Canteen Saintess Shop】
Were those girls following our army from our country?
Or were they the daughters of those who have married to the Empire?
In any case, I am thankful for their help.

(T.N: I hope this will be enough to explain what readers argue in the last chapter)

 

While the NCO marching, he thought about such things, suddenly, the front unit stopped and the road was blocked with soldiers.

 

『The Front unit, what are you doing? The back became cramped…』(NCO)

 

As the NCO ran to the front shouting, something unbelievable reflected in his sight.

The tent, the long table, the girls he has seen yesterday, and the signs is almost the same as what he has seen yesterday…

 

【Traveling Canteen Saintess 2nd Shop】

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『Are you serious……?』(NCO)

 

Ale and wine have disappeared from the sale.
Apparently, it seems that those things didn’t sell well yesterday.

 

『Hey, can I ask you a couple of things?』(NCO)

 

I ran over in front of the tent and asked the girls I met yesterday.

 

『Oh, you are the one who helped us yesterday. Yes, what is it?』(Rena)

 

The redhead girl replied so, for now, I asked what I was concerned about.

 

『Yesterday, you sold water and food to our army, right?
If possible, I would like you to sell more for the soldiers who weren’t able to buy yesterday…』(NCO)

『Oh my (Ara) you would like to buy everything?』(Rena)

 

The red girl replied with indifference answer.

Maybe she didn’t get the question, I will explain then.

 

『No, I don’t mean that.
After confirming, I’ve heard that the soldiers only got around ten percent before the stock ran out』(NCO)

 

Because yesterday, after our soldiers finished, we didn’t stay in the vicinity of the tent but moved away to be efficiently handled.

I wasn’t able to confirm things around because the soldiers went back to their groups.

 

『So, you wanted us to keep selling until all soldiers of the Imperial Army could buy food and drink?』(Rena)

『Huh……?』(NCO)

 

The amount that can be carried by 3 young girls cannot be enough.
If only 3 girls can cover the supplies of our Army.
Every military army in this world will have their supplies organized by 3 young girls like this.

No doubt.

 

『…………』(NCO)

 

There are many things I want to say and want to hear.

But right now, I decided to ask another question I would like to ask earlier.

 

『… and what is that girl?』(NCO)

 

The place I pointed to…
Apart from three girls who sell water and food on the long table,
there was another figure that seemed to be a girl.

 

I used the word 《seemed to be》 because that figure somehow looks like a child with a donkey costume carrying objects on its head.

And on the head of the donkey costume, there was a dog, a cat, a chicken,
She was singing outrageous songs while playing instruments that I have never seen before…

 

Sū sū sūku ikūtoe~i! (Mile) (T.N: Bremen’s music)

 

『Ah… something like《If you want to sell water, you have to let me sing this song!》
Otherwise, I won’t give you any…』(Rena)

 

A redheaded girl explained such, with a face that she didn’t know anything.

 

『Well, then, what about her costume?』(NCO)

 

The other girls seem to have a proper dress.
So there can’t be such thing as she has no money.

And the redhaired girl replied with a troubled face.

 

『If we sell water outdoor, we don’t have to be that way.
No, that child insists on wearing it, well, it doesn’t matter to us.
Anyway, those clothes are going to be scrapped, 《clothes to throw away》…』(Rena)

 

What!? I don’t understand the meaning at all.

 

『Well then, that creature and the dolls over her head …』(NCO)

『She said something like 《Music of Bremen》…
Don’t ask me!
Don’t ask me anything!
Because we don’t know the meaning as well…』(Rena)

 

The red hair girl refused to answer halfway and the two girls who are continuing to sell food and water were also confused.

 

Anyway, if I continue, it will only disturb the sales.
And that means a decrease in the withdrawing speed of our army.
But today the girls are able to handle people’s flow well from the beginning. There’s no need for me to help.
I should not disturb the girls anymore with my own curious question.

As the NCO thought so, he hid his doubts and curiosity in his mind instead.

 

『I’m counting on you.
We never forget this kindness!』(NCO)

 

As I said that, I lowered my head to the girls and ran back to the location of my troops.

 

『『『…………』』』(Rena’s Trio)

 

And the three girls looked at the mysterious donkey girl with strange eyes…

 

(End of NCO’s POV)

………………………………………………………

 

 

And the next day.

It appeared before the NCO who kept walking silently with his troops again.

A tent that he has seen, a long table that he has seen, the girls that he has seen, signs that he has seen with a small change, the donkey girl that he has seen…

 

【Traveling Canteen Saintess 3rd Shop】

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『… Yeah, I knew it.』(NCO)

 

The officer became tired, shrugged his shoulder and muttered so.

 

 

…………………………………………………………………………

 

 

『Well, we will sell things “bang bang”!
If it’s a small gold coin per customer, for 5000 customers it will be 500 gold coins!』(Pauline)

 

It was a value equivalent to almost 50 million yen as a sense of Japanese yen (500.000 bucks)

 

『This is helping people, this is service activity!』(Pauline)

『『『…………』』』(Rena’s Trio)

 

Rena’s trio didn’t believe Pauline’s words at all.

 

And yesterday, Miles who played a donkey, as usual, had been thinking about something else.

 

(This is a different world, and this tent is my temporary house which is a donkey.
A donkey with a temporary house.
… 【Roba Aru Kariie】 ? ) (Mile) (The nameless city)

 

Even though she was thinking about something like that, there was no one who could understand.

 

『Mile, why did you put both hands on the ground for?』(Rena)

(orz)

 

For Mile, that fact is, “that fact is” (repeat the words 7 times). It’s a very sad thing…

 

……………………………………………………………

 

 

Imperial troops on the way here knew full well, that the lower part of Ascham Land faces the border with the Empire,
The villages around the highway are unmanned, there is no food nor water, wells.

If there is no water or food at all, all await is just death, the soldiers who survive will one after turn into bandits and worsen the security of the Kingdom.

However, right now, they have a little free water that is created by magic.
And once a day, water and food obtained from silver coins and small gold coins.

With this, somehow the Imperial Soldiers can return home alive
Now, they don’t have to choose the way to become a bandit or can’t see their family again.
The Imperial Army was able to keep the military prowess at the last minute.

The 【Traveling Canteen Saintess Shop】 continued to sell water and food every day until the Imperial army crossed the border and entered the imperial territory.

 

『It’s helping human help service activity, it’s awesome!』(Pauline)

『…after all, it’s Pauline…』(Rena)

『It was really Pauline … ….』(Maevis)

『It was Pauline alright…』(Mile)


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60 comments

  1. Huh? They never got suspicious about how and where the Traveling Canteen Saintess Shop got to restock their supplies each day?
    Maybe they were delirious from hunger. That must be it.

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    • simple. try to disturb them. then there are no more “saintess Shop” 2nd or 3rd branch etc
      that means. survivability chance is getting lower.

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    • The “restock” is the EASIEST question to answer. The real doozy is how they circumvent the entire army they spent the entire day selling yummies… in one night. If you remember, the NCO answered the restock question. The soldiers believe the girls are related to the empire somehow, and followed the army from the empire… That easily goes to show start out with a LOT of supply at the start, and schedule planned drop sites for the restock on the way back.(For english second language people, I am NOT trying to say this is what happened. I AM stating this is what the soldiers BELIEVED happened.) The other issue is the TARDIS style tent they have. you can’t store even enough food/water to the 10% of the army that the NCO stated they serviced in a tent as small as the one in the pic.

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        • Nope, it’s the first game Recettear. Chantelise was the second game and Fortune Summoner was the third. Each game was a different Genre with it’s own unique story. Recettear was a shopping game that also included procedurally generated dungeons, like Moonlighter. “Capitalism, ho!” was the main heroine, Recette’s, catchphrase.

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        • Sry, I was referring to the poster’s name actually.

          But yes, I know that “Capitalism Ho!” is from Recettear. An equally cute game.

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        • Sorry, my reply was long because I love that game. Still waiting and hoping for a console port.😉

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  2. Thanks 4 the chapter!

    Don’t think about it NCO-san! That way your SAN points will decrease slower.

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    • It’s okay NCO-san.
      You don’t have to think anymore.
      You are safe…
      Your men are safe….
      You have food on the table

      SAN points?
      You don’t need those things.
      The well dressed girl with weird animals on her head? You don’t need to mind it?
      That outrageous song?
      That’s just bgm?
      Loosen your purses and eat your fill.

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  3. suggestion:
    The red girl replied with {an out of focus answer}->{indifference answer}.

    I used the word 《seemed to be》 because that figure somehow looks like a child with a donkey {doll}->{costume} carrying objects {on its head}.

    And on the head {}->{of the donkey costume, there} was a dog, a cat, a chicken

    『Well, then, what about {the clothes}->{her costume}?』(NCO)

    The other {girl}->{girls} seems to have a proper dress.
    So there can’t be such thing as she has no money.

    No, that child insists {}->{on wearing it}, well, it doesn’t matter to us.
    Anyway, those clothes {that}->{} are going to be scrapped, 《clothes to throw away》…』(Rena)

    And that means a decrease in the {withdrawal}->{withdraw} speed of our army.

    For Mile, that fact is, “that fact is” {x 7times}->{repeat the words 7 times}. It’s a very sad thing…

    the soldiers {will survive will one after}->{who survive will} turn into bandits and worsen the security of the

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  4. Mile is sulking with donkey clothes inside the tent. she has cat dog and chicken on her head. same as Bremen’s song.

    she is sulking because her only works this time is only become donkey that bring supplies only for dog (Maevis?), cat (Rena?) and chicken (Pauline?), and she left behind hiding inside the tent.

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    • Rena almost at her limit answering NCO question for Mile’s antics. “I will burn those silly donkey costume later”.

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  5. Meatbun Delivery~
    Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)

    So NCO-san though that the girls are spies that is helping them?
    …i don’t get how they leaped into that conclusion so quick, but oh well~
    More money for the girls~

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  6. its still not good, all those thousands hungry angry men against four girls which have food water and their money, and its actually get worse with every day, its hardly believable. well all this situation without deaths already very unrealistic, so im good i guess.
    Thanks for the chapter.

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    • And they don’t have to rob on the pure sense they could have forcefully requisition the supply and pay the price they wanted, that’s a form of robbing that is light hearted and make sense

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  7. those girls brought supplies with their lives, I can’t complain.

    as the Kingdom’s Army might still chase us, they had brought us hope and life for our soldiers with those water and foods.

    Were those girls following our army from our country?
    Or were they the daughters of those who have married to the Empire?
    In any case, I am thankful for their help.

    『No, I don’t mean that.
    After confirming, I’ve heard that the soldiers only got around ten percent before the stock ran out』(NCO)

    Anyway, if I continue, it will only disturb the sales.
    And that means a decrease in the withdrawal speed of our army.

    the lower part of Ascham Land faces the border with the Empire,
    The villages around the highway are unmanned, there is no food nor water, wells.

    If there is no water or food at all, all await is just death, the soldiers will survive will one after turn into bandits With this, somehow the Imperial Soldiers can return home alive. Now, they don’t have to choose the way to become a bandit or can’t see their family again.
    The Imperial Army was able to keep the military prowess at the last minute.

    this chapter explain many factor from last chapter argue about soldier rob the girls of their water and foods.

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  8. Here they Will be rob, rape, kill and maybe eat. Maybe Not in that order. Thank loli godess for their kinder world

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  9. NCO-san – Faith in Humanity restored

    You think they were imperial girls who braved dangers for humanitarian acts?

    No its the Tits Devil !!

    Pauline Capitalism – I will harvest your crops, wait till starvation, and I will sell you your crops at an inflated price in your times of need while you will be forever thankful.

    Win Win I get gold and you don’t starve.

    It hits too close to home.

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  10. So uh… How long until Mile donates all of that money to the province?
    Red oath is technically taking on a request from Mile and Mile is the one that nabbed all of that contraband in the first place. It would be unethical and a violation of hunter rules to take items that the client personally obtained and sell them for personal profit.

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  11. Ah ah i am making it hard for you with my comment and common sense ! I am proud. Still i haven’t thank you for that incredible speed in the translation, it is really appreciated.

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  12. Is Mile when she’s still Misato really an intelligent person? all she’s been doing ever since she became Adel then to Mile are nothing but outrageous things. lol
    Or did her power affected her brain too much that she became a silly person as time passes on?

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    • Every Veteran D&D player would say to you that when you are facing a sea of endless posibility, you always end up chosing the funniest worst possibility.

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      • …true… If u think things through, Mile is so overpowered that she’s rly playing all the time, so it’s indeed usual to forget small things when trying to do everything your way…
        You guys can’t forget that when she’s pissed of, she gets rly serious n’ scary… One more point; an inteligent person is very different from a wise one.

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    • I think she was socialy awkward, isolated for being too perfect and reserved, so she’s now trying to be bombastic and energetic to be more approacable, but is still using JP social standards, and also is having fun fuflilling wild fantasies that most people have be never act on, because they make no sense, so by social standards she has never really been smart, it was that she was good at academia, and sports that people said she was above average. She was given a fresh start and decided to make some changes to how she conducts herself, and was never told when she reached too much eccentricities. Or that is just my interpertation.

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    • She has that mix of brainpower and willingness to do things that I like in protagonists.
      Sure, there are sages in the mountains that are super-wise and never do anything wrong. Actually, they don’t do anything, and don’t make good protagonists.
      Sure, there is a lot of brainless louts that somehow succeed with stupidity and bravery. I don’t like that type of protagonists and the anti-intellectualist propaganda that stars them.

      A good protagonist has a mix of both smarts and a willingness to act. Some sense of humor would not hurt too – gotta keep up with the pressure and failures. Failures are inevitable for a realistic intellect just as a fighter can’t really expect to win all battles.

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  13. Yea, that is Pauline, that really is Pauline’s idea. Poor imperial army, they lost the supplies, the weapons(maybe), their money, and now their mind.
    Thanks for the chapter!

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  14. Ha ha… they robbed the army of their food and sold it back to them at a ridiculous price.

    That is one way to make an army think twice before trying to take over your land…

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  15. Why Mile using Donkey Costume with pathetic Head Decoration???

    I vote Bear Costume with Cheating Ability.

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  16. For anyone confused with the Mile’s attire …
    donkey, a dog, a cat, a chicken …
    it’s refer for old tales in Japan to repel thief and robber …
    quite weird thinking from Mile’s eh ? =3= ?

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  17. So funa sensei Knies the Grimm fairy tale Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten bzw. Town Musicians of Bremen. The japanese sure love german words (or Maybe the culture top) so when will the Heinzelmännchen (it Like a german/Cologne Version of the britsh Brownie) appears 😉

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